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Henry V · 1599
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done!
The Life and Death of King John · 1616
Away, you scullion, you rampallian, you fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe.
Henry IV, Part 2 · 1597
Julius Caesar · 1599
This England never did nor never shall Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.
The Life and Death of King John · 1616
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Henry VI, Part 3 · 1595
Let me embrace the sour adversaries, For wise men say it is the wisest course.
Henry VI, Part 3 · 1595
If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work.
Henry IV, Part 1 · 1597
She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed; She is a woman, therefore to be won.
Henry VI, Part 1 · 1592
Julius Caesar · 1599
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
The Life and Death of King John · 1616
Though Fortune’s malice overthrow my state, My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel.
Henry VI, Part 3 · 1595
What is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And live we how we can, yet die we must.
Henry VI, Part 3 · 1595